The Woody Aroma of Cypress 住宅 by Yu-Shan Liu

The Woody Aroma of Cypress 住宅 by Yu-Shan Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

铜室内· 2023

The Woody Aroma of Cypress 住宅

by Yu-Shan Liu

Client: Dreamer Interior

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About The Woody Aroma of Cypress 住宅

受到业主与地理环境之间联系的启发，这个空间的价值是通过使用天然材料和收藏品来创造的。这套充满柏树的公寓是为台湾首都的一对夫妇设计的，周围环绕着业主的木雕艺术珍品，给人一种开放和优雅的感觉。这套225平方米的公寓装饰有客户的家具。珍贵的历史珍宝，从地板到天花板，兼具装饰性和实用性。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

The Woody Aroma of Cypress 住宅是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计The Woody Aroma of Cypress 住宅将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。The Woody Aroma of Cypress 住宅出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Inspired by the connection between the owner and the geographical environment, the value of the space is created by several natural materials and collections. Brings cypress into the home, the client, who has been storing “Formosan Cypress” for more than thirty years. The project is to refurbished the 225 square meters apartment with the clients’ precious historical treasure both decorative and practical. After combining clients’ expectation, it took the team 8 months to complete the modern prime location apartment.
Dimensions & Packaging: This is a 225 square meters flat
Tags: Marble, wood, Interior design, brass metal, Cypress
Production Technology: The main materials of this project are marble floor and wall, ceramic tile, wood, brass metal, and metal.
Design Challenge: The brief was simple, a space that contains “woods” while remaining modern uncluttered style. It is however not so easy when having a huge amount of wood into a stylish space.
Research: Wood art pieces add an emotional link to family members and bear good memory while wood finishes and flooring bring warmth, marble is regarded as porous and soft that gives a luxurious feeling.
Inspiration: Surrounding with several owner’s wood sculpture art treasures, the Cypress filled flat is designed for a couple in the capital of Taiwan. openness and elegance. The purpose of this design is to bring wood into a flat while remains Modern. The interior is equipped by different styles and colours based on the couple’s characteristic, but with the same elements, wood and stone.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2021 in Taipei, Taiwan, and was completed in January 2022.
Operation Flow: The core of the flat, TV wall has been placed with a rare Tiffany Blue Marble from Brazil that creates an elegant vibe and given an upgrade with the space. Wood has also been used throughout the entire apartment in order to meet the clients’ expectation, from the ceiling to the floor, not only beautiful, but practical. Wood cabinetry turns storage into design, wood element moving from the ceiling decorated with the cypress wood to the worktop in the kitchen, last but not the least, Cypress dining table is perfect for entertaining while offering natural and humanistic atmosphere. Stone symbolises solidity and wood brings an automatic warmth and cosiness, together, creates a space that matched the character of its owner.